Four killed, dozen injured in California mass shooting

A man killed two neighbors with whom he had been feuding before he went on a shooting rampage on Tuesday in Northern California.

Police said surveillance video shows the shooter unsuccessfully trying to enter a nearby elementary school after quick-thinking staff members locked the outside doors and barricaded themselves inside when they heard gunshots.

The gunman driving stolen vehicles and choosing his targets at random opened fire “without provocation”, killing four people and wounding at least 10 others, including a student at an elementary school, before police shot him dead.

Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said the gunman spent about six minutes shooting into Rancho Tehama Elementary School before driving off to continue shooting elsewhere. Johnston said one student was shot and injured and is expected to survive.

The gunman left the school after he could not get inside and purposely crashed the stolen truck he was driving into another vehicle and shot at its occupants, Johnston said.

The shooter stole the car of a person who stopped to check on the crash and ran away when confronted with a gun. He continued the rampage until police shot him about 45 minutes after it started, Johnston said.